Cabineted graphophone.



W. C. FUHRI. OABINETED GRAPHOPHONB. APPLICATION FILED JULY 16. 1910.

Patented June 9, 1914.

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WILLIAM C. FUHRI, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO AMERICAN GRAPHOPHONE COMPANY, OF BRIDG EPORT,

CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION OF WEEH VIRGINIA.

CABINETED GRAPHOPHONE.

Specification QLLetterS-Iatent.

Patented June 9, 1914.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM C. FUI-IRI, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Chica o, Illinois, have invented a new and usef ill Improvement in Cabineted Graphophones, which improvement is fully set forth in the followingspecification. 7

My invention relates to talking-machines, particularly graphophones, and consists of an improved cabineted. graphophone that is, the combination of a graphophone and an ornamental and useful casing or cabinet which contains and completely incloses the former.

The object of the invention is to provide an article which is in itself serviceable as an attractive piecenf furniture, yet at the same time constitutes a self-contained talkingmachine of superior quality.

Although cabineted talking machines have been known and used, yet my present invention is a marked improvement over all such prior machines known to me, in utility and attractiveness of appearance as an article of furniture, and without any sacrifice of acoustical properties as a talking-machine,

oiling or besides providing ready access for repairing cleaning the mechanical parts, them, etc.

Broadly stated, the invention comprises graphophone in operative relation. with a so-called library-table, which lattermay be defined as of inverted U-shape with fiat top.

The invention comprises further the utili zation of the two cubical portions of the library table, one beneath each end thereof, to support and give rigidity to the upper horizontally-elongated casing which contains the talking-machine, and also to provide between themselves the knee-space which adapts the article for use as a library table.

The invention comprises further the utili- Zation to the fullest extent of the available spaces in said library table, for suitably locating the sound-reproducing and soundconveying parts and the motor-mechanism of the graphophone, and for storing a supply of sound-records, etc.

The invention further comprises a movable support for the graphophone, for giving ready access to the sound-reproducing parts and to the mechanism, for oiling, repairs, or the like, while normally incasing and protecting said parts. And, finally, the invention comprises the combinations of the foregoing features, and also the various details of construction, location, and arrangement of the several parts, as hereinafter more particularly set forth and claimed.

The invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanying drawings which illustrate a preferred embodiment thereof.

In these drawings: Figure 1 is a vertical section, taken longitudinally through the cabinetcd graphophone; Fig. 2 is aplan view, the lid bein open to expose the turntable of the grap ophone; Fig. 3 is an elevation, viewed from one end of the table, the motor being represented as raised for inspection (from the other side); Fig. 4 is a perspective, viewed from the opposite end of the table.

Referring more particularly to Fig. l, 1 represents the motor-mechanism ofthe graphophone or other talking-machine, here indicated as clock-work actuated by a spring-motor that is adapted to be wound up by a detachable crank-key 2. 3 is the detachable horizontal turn-table rotated from the motor by means of any convenient or well-known gearing (not shown). 4 is the sound-box, equipped with the usual reproducing-stylus, and carried by the swinging arm 5, here shown as a tapering tube or tone-arm swiveled to swing horizontally and thereby carry sound-box 4 in operative relation across a sound-record upon turn-table 3. 6 is the sound-conveyor, here shown as a flaring horn (preferably of thin Wood, and owing to the shape of the confining compartment it is preferably of greater width than height in cross-section, as indicated in Fig. 4). This horn communicates With tone-arm 5' by means of the elbow 7; the joint between the conveyor and the tone-arm 5 being preferably rcndered as air-tight as feasible, so that the soundwaves from the diaphragm of the vided with hinged without loss, through the continuous conduit 5-7--6, to escape at the outer end of the latter.

The preferred form and arrangement of easing or cabinet, for containing and inclosing the graphophone, comprises the horizontally-elongated upper portion 8 v(Fig. 4) and the two lower portions-or boxes 9 and 10. .This upper portion is a casing. outlined by the flat top 11 and floor 12,'with suitable vertical sides and end-pieces. The top is cut awa at 13 (Fig. 2) to give access to the well where the graphophone' is located, and is provided with hinged lid 14 having the stop 15; and the opposite endpiece has an opening,; which'may be 'prodoors 16, forthe discharge of sound from the adjacent end of born 61 The two lower portions 9 and 10 are shown as cubical boxings or cabinets, located one beneath each end of the upper casing 8 to support the upper casing an give rigidity to it, and to provide the kneespace 17 between themselves, thereby constituting with the upper casing the attractive and ornamental library table, which may be provided with feet, all asfseen in Fig. 4.

The preferred manner of mounting and combining the graphophone with the cabinet is as follows: 18 is a vertical partition extending transversely across the upper cas iii-g8, dividing the same into two compartments; the longer compartment contains and incloses the longitudinally-extending horn 6, while the shorter compartmentconsound-box shall pass,

' stitutes the well for the graphophone.

This smaller compartment is itself divided into-an upper and a horizontal shelf 19 that has a large D. shaped "cut-away portion this shelf serves as a stationary support for the movable support of the aphophone, vides the fixed caring for the sound-conveyer or tone-arm. 20 is the movable support for the graphophone. It is shown as a trap-door corresponding to the cut-away, andhin'ged by its straight edge, at 21, upon the corresponding straight edge of said'cutaway, while its free end rests upon a bevel or other ledge of the stationary shelf. The motor-mechanism 1 is secured to the lower face of this .movable support 20, and depends therefrom into the lower chamber of.

this end of the casing; while the (detachable) turn-table 3 is located above the trapdoor. Floor 12 may be cut away beneath the gra'phophone, to provide additional space for the motor-mechanism. The inner end of conveyer 6 fits snugly in or against (and may protrude slightly through) an aperture in the lower portion of vertical partition 18, where elbow 7 is united to it;

and the otherend of elbow 7 connects in I veyer or tone-arm 5.

nism and the and 29-29 are library table,

affords ready access lower chamber, by aand also prosimilar manner with an aperture in shelf 19, above which is swiveled the movable conconveyer or horn 6 preferably extends flush to the opening in the end of casing 8, so as to preclude the admission of dust, moisture, etc., into the mclosed space surrounding horn-6.

Then a spring-motor -is employed, the

2 is inserted through a suitable winding-key opening22 in the end wall of the cabinet. The sound-reproducing devices are readily accessible by raising the lid 14 until its stop 15 engages-beneath top 11; and access to the motor-mechanism is afiorded by first removing turn-table 3, and key '2, and then lifting trap door 20, as by insertingthe finger in a hole 23.

24 is a horizontal partition located in boxing 10, beneath the depending motor-mechaavailable spacebeneath this partition may be fitted with a drawer, as 25, the partition 24 preventing grease, etc.,

Should an electric motor be employed, the space above partition 24 isavailable'for that purpose.

Spaces 2626 on either side of the drawer 25 and the motor, as well as the space in the other cubical boxing 9, provide room for storing a supply of sound-records, and may be equipped with vertical spacers 27. 2828 doors for these spaces.

The cabineted raphophone thus constructed is in itsel a handsome and useful available for the purpose to which such article is usually put; and at the same time it isxa completely. equipped and self-contained talking-machine, which for operating the ma- I chine and provides storage for a large quantity of sound-records. and other supplies.

The boxings 9 and 10 give rigidity to the table as a whole, they .support the upper longitudinal compartment 8' at asuitable height for use as a talking-machine and as a library table; one of them provides any for the motor additional space necessary mechanism etc. ;and they both'provide space for sto'ringrecordsetc; Moreover, besides accomplishing all there is no. sacrifice in appearance or .lIl acoustical properties; but onthe contrary I have produced a? most handsome and attractive'article of furniture, and a cabineted graphophone which is remarkable for the sweetness and quality of its reproductions.

Although I "have described my invention with some particularity of detail,-yet this is merely for the sake of clearness, since my invention is not limited to the precise construction, arrangement, and location of the several parts, which may be varied considerably, and some of these parts may be used to the exclusion of others,.with'ou.t departing The outer end of the.

' from the spirit of myinvention. For inswingin one side of said partition,'a sound-conveyor communicating with an aperture in said ledge and thence extending through said partition and delivering toward an opening in the end of the other compartment, a movable support in the first-named compartment adapted to rest on said ledge, graphophonestance, vertical partition 18 might be omitted, or, instead of trap door 20 and shelf 19, any other suitable supports for the graphophone and for the tone-arm might be employed, as a fixed bracket for the latter and for the former any movable base plate adapted to rest upon ledges in the well mechanism depending from said movable and many other modifications might be re- 1 support and having its turn-table located sorted to in this and other parts of the appaabove the same, and a hollow arm swivelcd above said aperture in said ledge to conimunicate with saidsound-conveyor and carrying a sound-box in operative relation to said turntable.

5. A cabineted graphophone, comprising a horizontally-extending casing having in one end a movable support, a graphophone carried by said support and with its turn'table located above the same, a tone-arm swiveled upon a stationary bearing to carr a soundbox across a sound-record on said turn-table a sound-convcycr communicating with said tone-arm and extending longitudinally through said casing to deliver toward an opening in the end thereof, and two boxes beneath said casing, one located beneath each end thereof, to support the same and to provide knee-space and thereby constituting a combined library table and graphophone.

(3. A cabincled graphophone, comprising a cabinet in the form of an inverted U with flat top, consisting of two inclosed boxings spaced apart to provide knee-space and supporting an upper transverse compartment, in combination with the sound-reproducing devices of a graphophone inclosed within said transverse compartment, and motormechanism depending from said graphephone into one of said supporting boxes.

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Having thus fully described my invention, and the preferred embodiment thereof, I claim:

1. A cabineted graphophone, comprising-a horizontally-extending casing, alongitudinally-extending and stationary sound-conveyer inclosed therein and delivering toward an opening in one end thereof, a graphophonewith its motor-mechanism and turntable movably supported and inclosed in the other end of said casing, and a swinging sound-conveyor communicating with said stationary conveyor and at its other end carrying a sound-box in operative relation to said turn-table.

2. A cabineted graphophone, comprising an upper horizontall extending casing, a longitudinallyextending and stationary sound-conveyor inelosed therein and delivering toward an opening in one end thereof, a graphophone with its motor-mechanism and turn-table movably supported and inclosed in the other end of said casing, a sound-conveyer communicating with said stationary conveyer and atits other end carrying a sound-box in operative relation to said turn-table, and two supporting and spaced boxings beneath said upper casing to support the same and to rovide knee-space between themselves, there y constituting a combined library table and graphophone. I

A cabineted graphophone, comprising a horizontally-extendingcasing having a vertical partition extending transversely across the same to constitute two compartments, a stationary sound-conveyor extending within one of said compartments with its outer end delivering toward an opening in the end thereof and its other end extending past said partition, and the following parts inclosed in the other compartment, viz; a movable supportlocated horizontally on the other side of said vertical partition, motor-mocha nism depending from the lower side of said support and with its turn-table located above the same, and a swinging hollow arm carrying a sound-box and communicating with the inner end of saidsound-conveyer.

4. A cabineted graphophone, comprising a casing having a vertical partition, a stationary support on one side of said partition, a sound-conveyer having one end mounted in said support and thence extending past said partition and delivering toward an opening in one end of said casing, a hinged member adapted to rest on said stationary support, graphophone mechanism depending from said hinged member, a hollow arm communicating with the end of said sound-conveyor in said stationary support, and a sound-box carried by said arm.

8. A cabineted graphophone comprising a horizontally extending casing, a vertical partition extending transversely across said casing and forming two compartments, a sound-conveyor extending within one of said compartments and having its outer end delivering toward an openingin one end of said casing, and the following parts inclosed in the other compartment, viz: a horizontal horizontally-extending casing having a stationary support having an aperture for transverse vertical partition and a ledge or receiving the inner end of said sound-constationary support in the, compartment on veyer, a movable member adapted to rest on 7. A cabineted graphophone comprising a said stationary support, motor mechanism dependin from the lower side of said movable mem er, a swinging hollow arm communicating with the inner end of sai sound-conveyer, and a sound-box carried by said arm. a

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two witnesses this 13th day of July, 1910.

WILLIAlW (LFUHRL Witnesses: v i

C. A. L. MASSIE, WILLARD H.' HARTING. 

